Dressing For A Job Interview

How To: Dress For A Job Interview

Dress code: Creative jobs allow for wardrobes that feature sharp pattern and color coordination. Striped or checked shirts (like this Reiss Checked Shirt) under collared sweaters will work best with twill trousers. While you might feel compelled to arrive in those high-tech sport/dress sneakers, you should also consider wearing leather loafers, lace-up oxfords or even suede boots.

Service jobs

Whether you’re working retail or in an administrative office, you’re still working for the people and you need to be comfortable and able to move with what the day throws at you.

With comfortable, professional clothes in mind, it is OK to wear a blazer or sweater over a tie and chinos when dressing for a job interview in the service industry. You want to look responsible and well-pressed as well as approachable to the public.

Dress code: For the interview and the work afterward, pair a crisp shirt with a conservative tie under a J.Crew Shawl-Collar Cardigan sweater. For the interview at least, wear trousers or corduroy pants, but experiment with dark-washed jeans once you have the job.

look the part

The dress code in the work world has changed, which means there are a number of fashion pitfalls to be made by the uninitiated. If you want to dress for success, you have to know how to make the most of those first 30 seconds in the room. Your most important step is to match your own personal style to that of the job you want and project not only professionalism but a sense of self and self-worth by being confident in what you wear.